The twins and the whys : a fairy tale worth while / by Susan F. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Susan F., author.

Contributor:

Wright, Spencer, designer.

Nash, John Henry, 1871-1947, printer.

Paul Elder and Company, publisher.

Tomoyé Press, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twins--Fiction.

Twins.

Conduct of life--Fiction.

Conduct of life.

Self-confidence--Fiction.

Self-confidence.

American fiction--Women authors--20th century.

American fiction.

Fables.

American fiction--Women authors.

Genre:

Didactic fiction.

Fables.

Fiction.

Short stories.

Blocked bindings (Binding)

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Mason, Margaret Van Buren (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 1)

Physical Description:

[10], 26, [4] pages : illustrations ; 16 cm

Manufacture:

New York, New York : Tomoyé Press.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California ; New York, New York : Paul Elder and Company, [1906]

Summary:

Unlike her twin, Cannie, Cantie is convinced that she is incapable of doing anything until their mother sends them on a journey that teaches Cantie some important lessons.

Notes:

Title in red over blocked floriated ornamentation; copyright statement from title verso; manufacture statement from colophon.

Erratum slip tipped in.

One cover type is dark grayish-yellow paper over boards with calico-texture cloth spine; lettering on floral and leaf patterned background in black and red, within border with variant floral leaf patterned design in reserved dark grayish-yellow and black; front cover repeated on back cover without lettering; untrimmed.

Another cover type is blind tooled, with title and depiction of a rural road.

With decorations by Spencer Wright. Printed under the direction of J.H. Nash at the Tomoye Press, New York.--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy 1 has dark grayish cover (Paul Elder 13). Copy 2 has blind tooled cover (Paul Elder 14)

OCLC:

29564328